"Sorry to Bother You is a 2018 American absurdist dark comedy film written and directed by Boots Riley, in his directorial debut. It stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, and Armie Hammer. Set in Oakland, California, the film follows a young African-American telemarketer who adopts a white accent in order to thrive at his job. Once he does, he rapidly gets swept up into a conspiracy, and must choose between making money at the expense of humanity and joining with his activist friends to organize labor.

Principal photography began in June 2017 in Oakland. Sorry to Bother You premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 6, 2018, by Annapurna Pictures. The film received acclaim from critics, who praised the cast and concept, as well as Riley's script and direction."

Plot and Sinopsis:

"In an alternative present-day version of Oakland, ads for a company called WorryFree offer a life free from paying bills and with free food and lodging, but at the cost of a lifetime work contract, a practice deemed legal and not equivalent to slavery. A radical group called ""The Left Eye"" oppose WorryFree by holding protests and vandalizing their advertisements.

Cassius ""Cash"" Green lives in his uncle Sergio's garage with his girlfriend, Detroit, and the only job he can find is working as a telemarketer on the lower levels of the RegalView company. Cash has trouble selling to customers until an older coworker, Langston, teaches him to use his ""white voice"" — one that conveys a tone of confident, carefree affluence — to sell. Cash discovers he has a special talent for selling with his white voice, and his manager suggests Cash will soon be promoted to the elusive and mysterious position of ""Power Caller."" Although little is known about their work, Langston tells Cash that Power Callers sell different products than entry-level workers like himself, Detroit, and their friend Sal.

Cash's co-worker Squeeze organizes a union to lobby for raises among the telemarketing staff. However, despite disrupting work as part of the union, Cash is still promoted to Power Caller. In the luxurious Power Caller suite, where Cash is instructed to only use his white voice, he learns that RegalView sells weaponry and human labor from WorryFree to other companies and governments.

Although Cash is initially uncomfortable with the work, he quickly overcomes his uncertainty when he learns what he will be paid. He is able to afford a new car and apartment, and to pay off Sergio's house. He also stops participating in the union, claiming he still supports them from the sidelines, and his relationship with Detroit starts to deteriorate as a result. He continues to work while his friends picket RegalView outside.

After more sales, Cash is invited to a party with Steve Lift, the CEO of WorryFree. After the party, Lift has a one-on-one meeting with Cash and offers him a powdered substance to snort, which he does.

Looking for the bathroom, Cash goes into the wrong door and finds a half-horse, half-human hybrid begging for help. He drops his phone and runs into Lift, who tries to calm him down by explaining how WorryFree are planning to make their workers stronger and more obedient by transforming them into half-horse, half-human hybrids, referred to as ""equisapiens."" The transformation takes place when a human snorts a gene-modifying powder similar to cocaine.

Lift explains he wants Cash to become an equisapien and act as a false revolutionary figure among them to keep them in line with WorryFree's goals, offering Cash $100 million for five years. When the five years are up, Lift says Cash will be able to take a ""defusing powder"" and return to his normal self.

After leaving in a panic, Cash becomes worried he was tricked into snorting the gene powder and visits Detroit, who tells him she received a video message from his missing phone, which turns out to be a cry for help from the equisapiens and Lift threatening to turn them into glue. To make the video viral, Cash goes on a reality show called ""I Got the S#*@ Kicked Out of Me!"", enduring a variety of physical punishments in order to get the video played at the end.

The plan backfires; Lift's plot is hailed as a ground-breaking scientific advancement, and WorryFree's stock reaches an all-time high. Cash apologizes to Squeeze, Sal, and Detroit. The union decides to make one last stand in the picket line, now joined once again by Cash.

The next day, Cash copies the code he saw in the equisapiens video to break into Lift's home before heading to the picket line where the callers and police get into a riot. He is knocked out by an officer just after he blows a whistle into a phone. Later that night, he wakes up in a police wagon and witnesses the equisapiens that he called with the whistle fighting back against the police, who they easily overpower with their superior strength. They then free him, Squeeze, Sal, and Detroit, and run off to keep fighting.

With everything seemingly returning back to normal, Cash suddenly grows massive nostrils on his face signaling his transformation into an Equisapien. Later a fully transformed Cash leads a mob of Equisapiens to Lift's house. Cash calls over the intercom and remarks ""sorry to bother you,"" before leading the mob to break down the door and attack Lift."